Resolution 10127 RESOLUTION NO. 10127
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, FINDING AS
TO THE NUMBER OF FREEHOLDERS LEGALLY
QUALIFIED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SPECIAL
ELECTION HELD JUNE 2, 1959; AND CANVASS-
ING THE RETURNS OF THE SPECIAL ELECTION
AND DECLARING THE RESULT TO BE FOR THE
ISSUANCE OF BONDS IN THE TOTAL SUM OF
$5,942 ,000.00 FOR THE PURPOSES IN THIS
RESOLUTION STATED.
WHEREAS, the City Clerk and Supervisor of Registration in the
City of Miami Beach, Florida, has certified that the total number
of freeholders who were qualified electors residing in said City,
and legally qualified to participate in the Special Election held
in said City on June 2 , 1959 , was 6965, and
WHEREAS, this City Council has made a canvass of the returns
of the certificates of the Clerks and Inspectors who held and
conducted said Special Election held on June 2, 1959, such canvass
having been made solely, exclusively and entirely from such
returns,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City
of Miami Beach, Florida, that we do hereby find and declare that
the total number of freeholders who were qualified electors
residing in said City and legally qualified to participate in the
Special Election held in said City on June 2, 1959 , was 6965 and
that a majority thereof participated in said election, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that we do hereby find and declare that
the total number of votes cast in said election in favor of the
approval of the bonds and the total number of votes cast in said
election against the approval of the bonds were as follows :
UPON QUESTION NO. 1 : `Shall the City of Miami Beach, Florida,
issue negotiable coupon bonds in the amount
of $75,000.00 with interest at a rate to be
hereafter determined, not exceeding 4% per
annum, for the purpose of constructing storm
sewers?" 4092 votes were cast, of which 3351
votes were "For Bonds" and 741 votes were
"Against Bonds" .
UPON QUESTION NO. 2: "Shall the City of Miami Beach, Florida,
issue negotiable coupon bonds in the amount
of $160,000.00 with interest at a rate to be
hereafter determined, not exceeding 47 per
annum, for the purpose of making improvements
to the existing sanitary sewer system?" 4025
votes were cast, of which 3281 votes were
"For Bonds" and 744 votes were "Against Bonds" .
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UPON QUESTION NO. 3 : "Shall the City of Miami Beach, Florida,
issue negotiable coupon bonds in the amount
of $150,000.00 with interest at a rate to
be hereafter determined, not exceeding 4%
per annum, for the purpose of lengthening
the existing fishing pier at Biscayne Street
in the Atlantic Ocean?" 3844 votes were
cast, of which 1721 votes were "For Bonds"
and 2123 votes were "Against Bonds" .
UPON QUESTION NO. 4: "Shall the City of Miami Beach, Florida,
issue negotiable coupon bonds in the amount
of $200,000.00 with interest at a rate to
be hereafter determined, not exceeding 47
per annum, for the purpose of constructing
a pier at Lincoln Road in the Atlantic
Ocean?" 3880 votes were cast, of which 1789
votes were "For Bonds" and 2091 votes were
"Against Bonds" .
UPON QUESTION NO. 5: "Shall the City of Miami Beach, Florida,
issue negotiable coupon bonds in the amount
of $100,000.00 with interest at a rate to
be Hereafter determined, not exceeding 47
per annum, for the purpose of procuring a
ladder truck and enlarging the 69th Street
Fire Station?" 3876 votes were cast, of
which 2801 votes were "For Bonds" and 1075
votes were "Against Bonds" .
UPON QUESTION NO. 6: "Shall the City of Miami Beach, Florida,
issue negotiable coupon bonds in the amount
of $600,000.00 with interest at a rate to be
hereafter determined, not exceeding 4% per
annum, for the purpose of constructing a new
building to house the Miami Beach Public
Library?" 3897 votes were cast, of which
2435 votes were "For Bonds" and 1462 votes
were "Against Bonds" .
TJPON QUESTION NO. 7 : "Shall the City of Miami Beach, Florida,
issue negotiable coupon bonds in the amount
of $1,100,000.00 with interest at a rate to
be hereafter determined, not exceeding 4% per
annum, for the purpose of paving that portion
of Alton Road extending from Biscayne Water-
way to 63rd Street and constructing a four
lane bridge across Surprise Waterway at Alton
Road?" 3874 votes were cast, of which 2688
votes were "For Bonds" and 1186 votes were
"Against Bonds" .
UPON QUESTION NO. 8: "Shall the City of Miami Beach, Florida,
issue negotiable coupon bonds in the amount
of $345 ,000.00 with interest at a rate to be
hereafter determined, not exceeding 4% per
annum, for the payment of all or a part of
which a special annual tax will be levied,
the amount of which levy will be reduced by
collections from special improvement assess-
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ments made against abutting property, as
authorized by law, for the purpose of paving
(including sidewalks) the following highways:
73rd Street from Collins Avenue to Dickens
Avenue; 76th Street from Collins Avenue to
Dickens Avenue; 78th Street from Collins
Avenue to Dickens Avenue; 79th Street from
Collins Avenue to Dickens Avenue; 81st Street
from Collins Avenue to Byron Avenue; 82nd
Street from Collins Avenue to Harding Avenue;
82nd Street from Abbott Avenue to Byron
Avenue; 82nd Terrace from Abbott Avenue to
Byron Avenue; 83rd Street from Collins Avenue
to Abbott Avenue; 84th Street from Collins
Avenue to Byron Avenue; 87th Street from
Collins Avenue to Harding Avenue; 87th
Terrace from Collins Avenue to Harding Avenue;
Abbott Avenue from 75th Street to 83rd
Street; 84th Street from Hawthorne Avenue to
Crespi Boulevard?" 3677 votes were cast,
of which 2109 votes were "For Bonds" and
1568 votes were "Against Bonds" .
UPON QUESTION NO. 9 : "Shall the City of Miami Beach, Florida,
issue negotiable coupon bonds in the amount
of $77 ,000.00 with interest at a rate to be
hereafter determined, not exceeding 4% per
annum, for the payment of all or a part of
whicha special annual tax will be levied,
the amount of which levy will be reduced by
collections from special improvement assess-
ments made against abutting property, as
authorized by law, for the purpose of paving
Stillwater Drive and North Stillwater Drive
from Hawthorne Avenue to their westerly ends
and for the purpose of constructing sidewalks
on the north side of North Stillwater Drive
and Stillwater Drive from the east line of
Lot 62, Block 15, to the south line of Lot
1, Block 15, and the south side of Stillwater
Drive from the south line of Lot 1, Block 16,
to the north line of Lot 58, Block 16, all
in Biscayne Beach Second Addition?" 3608
votes were cast, of which 1853 votes were
"For Bonds" and 1755 votes were "Against
Bonds".
UPON QUESTION NO. 10: "Shall the City of Miami. Beach, Florida,
issue negotiable coupon bonds in the amount
of $185,000.00 with interest at a rate to be
hereafter determined, not exceeding 4% per
annum, for the payment of all or a part of
which a special annual tax will be levied, the
amount of which levy will be reduced by
collections from special improvement assess-
ments made against abutting property, as
authorized by law, for the purpose of paving
the following highways : Crespi Boulevard
from Hawthorne Avenue to 86th Street; 80th
Street from Hawthorne Avenue to Crespi
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Boulevard; 81st Street from Hawthorne
Avenue to Crespi Boulevard; 82nd Street from
Hawthorne Avenue to Crespi Boulevard; 83rd
Street from Hawthorne Avenue to Crespi
Boulevard; 86th Street from Hawthorne Avenue
to Crespi Boulevard?" 3576 votes were cast,
of which 1900 votes were "For Bonds" and 1676
votes were "Against Bonds".
UPON QUESTION NO. 11: "Shall the City of Miami Beach, Florida,
issue negotiable coupon bonds in the amount
of $2,060,000.00 with interest at a rate to
be hereafter determined, not exceeding 47
per annum, for the purpose of constructing
a new water supply main from Miami to Miami
Beach, including pumping stations, and the
relocation of a portion of the MacArthur
Causeway Supply Main and extensions to the
water distribution system?" 3815 votes
were cast, of which 2941 votes were "For
Bonds" and 874 votes were "Against Bonds" .
UPON QUESTION NO. 12 : "Shall the City of Miami Beach, Florida,
issue negotiable coupon bonds in the amount
of $525,000.00 with interest at a rate to
be hereafter determined, not exceeding 4%
per annum, for the purpose of constructing
a public park on the ocean front extending
from Collins Avenue to the Atlantic Ocean
and located between 75th and 87th Streets?"
3795 votes were cast, of which 2398 votes
were "For Bonds" and 1397 votes were "Against
Bonds" .
UPON QUESTION NO. 13: "Shall the City of Miami Beach, Florida,
issue negotiable coupon bonds in the amount
of $165,000.00 with interest at a rate to be
hereafter determined, not exceeding 4% per
annum, for the purpose of constructing a
community center and teen-age activities
building in that part of the City lying north
of 63rd Street?" 3783 votes were cast, of
which 2479 votes were "For Bonds" and 1304
votes were "Against Bonds" .
UPON QUESTION NO. 14: "Shall the City of Miami Beach, Florida,
issue negotiable coupon bonds in the amount
of $400,000.00 with interest at a rate to be
hereafter determined, not exceeding 47 per
annum, for the purpose of constructing a
bridge across Collins Canal and Dade Boulevard
at Michigan Avenue?" 3736 votes were cast,
of which 2188 votes were "For Bonds" and
1548 votes were "Against Bonds" .
UPON QUESTION NO. 15 : "Shall the City of Miami Beach, Florida,
issue negotiable coupon bonds in the amount
of $150,000.00 with interest at a rate to be
hereafter determined, not exceeding 47 per
annum, for the purpose of constructing a
Garden Center?" 3855 votes were cast, of
which 2369 votes were "For Bonds" and 1486
votes were "Against BondsC' .
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and
WHEREAS, a majority of the total number of freeholders who were
qualified electors residing in said City, and legally qualified to
participate in said Special Election, did vote therein, and
WHEREAS, a majority of the votes cast on Questions Numbers 1, 2,
5 , 6, 7 , 8, 9 , 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15 were in favor of the
approval of the bonds, and
WHEREAS, a majority of the votes cast on Questions Numbers 3
and 4 were against the approval of the bonds;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that we do hereby declare that
the issuance of bonds in the aggregate sum of $5,942,000.00, as
set forth and provided for in Questions Numbers 1, 2, 5, 6, 7 , 8,
9 , 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15, as described in this resolution, has
been duly and legally approved by the voters , as provided by law.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the issuance of bonds in the sum
of $350,000.00, as set forth and provided for in Questions Numbers
3 and 4, as described in this resolution, has not been approved by
the voters .
PASSED and ADOPTED this 3rd day of June, A.D. 1959 .
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